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See also:JEAN See also:BAPTISTE See also:CAVAIGNAC (1762–1829)
, See also:French politician, was See also:born at Gourdon (See also:Lot)
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He was sent by his See also:department as See also:deputy to the See also:Convention, where he associated himself with the party of the See also:Mountain and voted for the See also:death of See also: He took part in the Parisian risings of See also:October 1830, 1832 and 1834 . On the third occasion he was imprisoned, but escaped to See also:England in 1835 . When he returned to See also:France in 1841 he worked on the See also:staff of La Reforme, and carried on an energetic republican propaganda . In 1843 he became See also:president of the Society of the Rights of See also:Man, of which he had been one of the founders in 1832 . He died on the 5th of May 1845 . The recumbent statue (1847) of Godefroi Cavaignac on his See also:tomb at Montmartre (See also:Paris) is one of the masterpieces of the sculptor See also:Francois See also:Rude . See also:Jean See also:Baptiste's See also:brother, JACQUES-See also:MARIE, VICOMTE CAVAIGNAC (1773–1855), French general, served with distinction in the See also:army under the See also:republic and successive governments . He commanded the See also:cavalry of the XI. See also:corps in the See also:retreat from See also:Moscow, and eventually became Vicomte Cavaignac and inspector-general of cavalry . |
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